The Books Insiderindependent audiobook data
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson

Big Sky: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Jackson Brodie series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Big Sky audiobook runs 11.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Jason Isaacs (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.4listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Big Sky at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Jackson Brodie

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 48.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 60.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Case Histories10.7 hrs
2One Good Turn14.2 hrs
3When Will There Be Good News?11.5 hrs
4Started Early, Took My Dog12.5 hrs
5Big Sky11.4 hrs

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Big Sky is book 5 of Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jason Isaacs, released June 25, 2019, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.4 hrs
Narrated by
Jason Isaacs
Released
June 25, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Jackson Brodie #5
ISBN
9781549120695

How to listen to Big Sky free

New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.

Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.

Start listening free

Questions listeners ask

How long is the Big Sky audiobook?

Big Sky runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is the Big Sky audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Big Sky?

Big Sky is narrated by Jason Isaacs.

Is Big Sky worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.